Beautiful!
Your pictures are so great that you can actually feel like your along for the ride~

Ellen Stillabower

August 9, 2015 at 8:39 am

We love our sunsets too.. Not off a wonderful boat like yours but on our screened in porch. Don’t you just love those colors. Wish I could grab them and put them in something, the colors that is. I just want to use them..have a great rest of the weekend and thanks for sharing..oh, and sharing the pups too!! 😍 😎😍😎☀️☀️☀️

Cheryl

August 9, 2015 at 8:45 am

Red sky at night…a sailor’s delight! Beautiful photos.

LuAnne Reed

August 9, 2015 at 8:59 am

Gracie is my kind of woman!

Martha Franks

August 9, 2015 at 9:03 am

Wonderful sunset pictures! Thanks for sharing! Love your blog…

Cynthia Raines

August 9, 2015 at 9:04 am

The are all so beautiful!! Love the pink cotton candy sky! Hug the babies for me! :)

Thank you for the sunset cruise Mary~there is nothing prettier than the open vistas of sky over water. I did not know that ospreys migrated south for the winter, I just assumed that stayed around all year. I’m hoping for a sunset cruise next weekend along with some cool dips in the pool…our local news said it will be a little cooler next week so hopefully that will include you too!
Jenna

that was refreshing, although convection oven did crack me up. love that gracie is a food hound, cassie is my little bloodhoud too, she would have been a great rescue dog, she is tuned into all that wafts by. tell me who puts up the poles for nestings, homeowners?

thanks for the update, they got a heck of deal from 22 down to 4.4, osprey included :-) only 12 nests on the lake, interesting, but so nice they work for the better of all~

cool as ever here, but we escaped up the coast for some full on sun frolick this weekend, ONLY where i live is it the foggest place in the world… saw a HUGE pod of whales yesterday, several dozzen, the water was an explosion of geyzers all tightly packed together, it was EXHILARATING!

Mary, your sunset cruise takes me back to our own days spent on the lake. Beautiful way to end a day. I’ve been going through old photos and recently found some from the first summer we had our sailboat. Oh, my, but do we look young and trim. ‘-) That was 40 summers ago!

Marie in AZ

August 9, 2015 at 11:36 am

I’m envious! Your calm lake looks amazing. We have a little boat, but we don’t get to use it much anymore…it’s always really hot and crowded on our AZ lakes in the summer…so I know what you mean about that “hot breeze!”

Lorrie

August 9, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Love your blog, and your gorgeous pictures. We have just returned from Lake Keowee in South Carolina, where we enjoyed similar spectacular sunsets. I watched the birds from the water, and I thought I was looking at hawks gliding through the sky. Am I mistaken? Have I been looking at ospreys?

Well it’s so HOT here in Texas, Mary, that I’ve been staying in, except for doing my morning swims.
I sure enjoyed you taking me on your boat with you and seeing the gorgeous sunset views. Hmmmm…. I wonder why I’m hungry for a burger now?!
Happy Sunday to you!

Michelle

August 9, 2015 at 3:07 pm

Awesome pictures! Just mystical!

Mary

August 9, 2015 at 3:55 pm

What beautiful sunset photos!

Paula

August 9, 2015 at 6:01 pm

~Mary~
Absolutely beautiful sunset !!

The puppies make me giggle, love the one sitting on your hubbys lap, men can be softies when it comes to their pets too, when my husband comes home from work I think its to see Lexy our Boxer !! :)

Paula
IN

Martha

August 9, 2015 at 10:21 pm

Beautiful post! God’s creation is wonderful and we get to enjoy the beauty. Your ‘pups’ are adorable. I’m glad they get to enjoy the boat ride, too. Enjoy your blog

Evelyn

August 9, 2015 at 11:58 pm

Gorgeous skies and precious puppies… who could ask for more? Lovely pictures!

Jan Carden

August 10, 2015 at 12:47 am

Love these photo! Especially the cute doggies! What a nice evening,

Melissa Leach

August 10, 2015 at 11:03 am

Oh, how I love a sunset cruise. Thanks for posting. Your Gracie and my Gracie are two of a kind.

Mary, Your photos are amazing, as always! I read the hilarious story of the osprey who nested in a chimney~~those birds most certainly had excellent taste to pick a $ 22million house for their nest! :) Your lake looks quite deserted and peaceful at sunset. Such a gorgeous place to enjoy the colors and clouds. Linda
p.s. the only thing that gets me on a plane is thinking of the wonderful adventures awaiting me at the destination!